awayand wrote:

to save everyone the hassle of copy/pasting 2000 stories?

It depends which stories work for each person, so I don't see how you would be helping anyone by providing every single story.

Also, writing the stories on your review cards is pointless.

Yes it is. It's a waste of time. Time is money. Utilize your resources (this website).

Inny Jan wrote:

s0apgun wrote:

Yes it is. It's a waste of time. Time is money. Utilize your resources (this website).

I just hope there some misunderstanding here, otherwise you are doing disservice to newcomers.

My collection has the RTK items that have:
Q: {keyword}
A: {Kanji character}, {list of primitives}, {story}

You see, I'm not always connected to the net and when off-line I don't need to have a book with me to lookup a story of the character that I no longer remember (and mind you, after Part 2, Heisig doesn't provide story at all...).

Yeah, you should know how to utilise your resources (your computer, SRS).

I fully agree. In the beginning I wasn't adding any stories to the cards, I thought it was pointless. But as I progressed I realized it would be much more practical and effective if I had them on the cards, instead of having to rely on the website and on the book.

There is already a RTK deck with the top two rated stories from this site. The name of the deck is- Heisigs Remember the Kanji wtop 2 co

It looks like this...

Q:Keyword
A: Kanji
    Story #1
    Story #2
    Heisig #

It takes like 10 seconds to download it on Anki, via the shared deck search. That is what the OP is referring to. If you are just saying having a story in the answer then yes, I absolutely agree. That's what the kanji koohi deck is like.

I am saying... it is pointless and waste of time to do the following-

1) Write your own stories
2) Copy stories from this site and pasting them into the SRS (aka making your own RTK deck)
3) Any manual work, everything you need is provided in the deck. Yes I agree going between a book and the SRS sucks, I learned that after 10 cards and found the Koohii deck. I was thinking in a sense what you were saying was to write out each story yourself. I don't even use the book anymore, its my coaster now. I learn the stories and primitives by just doing the SRS and failing them right away.

The only reason I would say its beneficial to write your OWN story is when the top 2 stories aren't quite helping the kanji stick in your head so then yes make your own or find another one from this site. Although sometimes this has actually made the card worse for me, I find my own stories don't tend to stick as well as the ones I find here, even if they are bad stories.

Last edited by s0apgun (2012 January 30, 4:04 pm)